Skirt-supporter.



PATENTED AUG. 80, 1904.

M. MOPHERSON. SKIRT SUPPORTER.

APPLIOATION FILED 1320.18, 1903.

NO MODEL.

INVENTOH W/ TNESSES:

A 7TOHNE Y UNITED STATES Patented August 30, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.,

SKIRT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 769,108, dated. August30, 1904.

Application filed Decemberl 18, 1903. Serial No. 185,667. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t Wwf/y concern:

Be it known that I, MARTHA MoIHERsoN, a

citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the boroughof Manhattan, New York city, State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Skirt- Supporters, of which the followingis a speciflcation.

My invention relates more particularly to skirt-supporters, but is* alsoapplicable for supporting trousers. It consists of an improved form ofbuckle adapted for ready attachment to a shirt-waist, vest, or likegarment near the lower edge for its support andV waist, for which Iprovide a buckle compris ing two sheet-metal or fiat-bar jaws ct andwhereof jaw t has a lateral arm c at each eX- tremity, both projectingin the same direction, and has a series of hooks CZ at intervals alongthe edge that is opposite to the one having said lateral arms, and jawhas a lateral arm c at one end and at the other end is pivoted at Z toone side of one of the lateral arms o of jaw a, so that arm e overlapsthe other lateral arm c of jaw a, said arm having a stud f and-arm ehaving a slot g, in which said stud engages to clasp the two jawstogether when closed in parallel relation to each other, and arm e issprung over the head of the stud. Any other approved means of'fasteningthese ends of the jaws may of course be employed, and I do not limitmyself to the particular means herein shown.

The jaw b has a series of spurs or teeth t along the edge fronting jaw aand being about equal in length to the width of lthe space 'i providedbetween the two jaws by the lateral arms connecting them.

In the use of the supporter it is first opened,

as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. Then v jaw Zi is pinned onto afold j of the lower margin of the shirt-waist by the teeth, and jaw a isclosed up and fastened to jaw by the stud f, and the band la of the topof the skirt is then hooked onto hooks d, so as to be eifectually andsubstantially connected, and the sup porter is concealed from view.

The supporter being detachably connected lto the waist may be readilyset higher or lower, as may be preferred, and one supporter may servefor any number of dresses, while such supporters as have to be sewed onmay not be as readily adjusted nor changed from one dress to another.

It will be noted that the construction is very simple .and cheap. Thetwo jaws with their respective spurs and hooks may be stamped out ofsheet metal and be punched at the same time for the pivot and thefastening-stud,the hooks being subsequently bent. g

Vhat I claim as my invention is- The combination in a garment-supporter,of a jaw havinglateral arms at its extremities at one edge, and a seriesof hooks at the other edge, and another jaw pivoted at one end to one ofthe said lateral arms, and provided with teethat its edge fronting theother jaw, and

means to fasten the free ends of the jaws to-A v gether, the pivot andthe said fastening means being arranged to space the jaws apart aboutthe length of the teeth.

Signed at New York this 29th day of November, 1903.-

MARTHA MGPHERSON.

Witnesses l C. SEDewIcK, J. M. HOWARD.

